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AWS – Amazon Aurora extends the cross-region disaster recovery capabilities to additional AWS regions
Amazon Aurora now extends the disaster recovery capabilities of Global Database and Cross-Region database cluster snapshot copying in nine additional AWS Regions, including Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Jakarta ), Europe (Milan, Spain, Zurich) and Middle East (Bahrain, UAE). Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Migration Hub Refactor Spaces now supports environments without a network bridge
Starting today, AWS Migration Hub Refactor Spaces supports creating refactor environments without an AWS Transit Gateway based network bridge. This feature lets you safely and incrementally refactor your application while using your existing network infrastructure. You can now create refactor environments with your network infrastructure in minutes while benefiting from Refactor Spaces’ orchestration and management […]
AWS – AWS Snowball is now available in the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region
AWS Snowball Edge devices are now available in the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Lambda now supports up to 10 GB of ephemeral storage for Lambda functions in 6 additional regions
AWS Lambda now supports configuring up to 10,240 MB of ephemeral storage for functions in 6 additional regions – Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich) and Middle East (UAE). This feature makes it easier to build and run data intensive workloads with Lambda functions. Read More for the […]
AWS – IAM Roles for Amazon EC2 Now Provide Credential Control Properties
You can now use Credential Control Properties to more easily restrict the usage of your IAM Roles for EC2. Read More for the details.
Azure – More transactions at no additional cost for Azure Standard SSD
Save money on billable transactions as we waive transaction fees for Azure Standard SSD customers that exceed the maximum hourly limit. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EC2 announces the ability to create Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) that can boot on UEFI and Legacy BIOS
You can now create a single AMI that can boot on both Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) and Legacy BIOS. Read More for the details.
AWS – Introducing maintenance window feature for AWS IoT Device Management Jobs
AWS IoT Device Management Jobs add the capability for customers to schedule their remote actions within a maintenance window. Job scheduling allowed customers to define the start and end time of a job rollout. Following today’s launch, Customers can configure the maintenance window recurrence on daily, weekly or monthly schedule (e.g. “Monday-Wednesday-Friday”) or define a […]
GCP – Rapidly expand the reach of Spanner databases with read-only replicas and zero-downtime moves
As Google Cloud’s fully managed relational database that offers near unlimited scale, strong consistency, and availability up to 99.999%, Cloud Spanner powers applications at any scale in industries such as financial services, games, retail, and healthcare. When you set up a Spanner instance, you can choose from two different kinds of configurations: regional and multi-regional. […]
GCP – Helcim transforms payments for small and medium-sized businesses
Small and medium-sized businesses and enterprises are the backbone of the US economy generating more than 44% of GDP1. Yet these organizations are still underserved when it comes to online financial tools—and dealing with payments is no exception. Complaints include hidden fees, limited capabilities, long-term lease agreements, and poor customer service. These are the issues […]